52 Quotes by Nipsey Russell

Divorces are getting so common that a woman I know doesn't bother getting a new marriage license. They just punch her old one and give her a transfer. You can't teach an old dog new tricks - so she keeps changing dogs.

My only mission is to look for fun, the lighter side of life. I spell it fool-osophy.

I haven't got a Cadillac. I've got a subway token.

Truck drivers stop me and say, 'What is the poem for the day?' or 'Give me a poem for my girl.' I have one on almost every subject.

Our country's social revolution lends itself to jokes and I use them.

During all the years I entertained at the Baby Grand night club in Harlem, 90 percent of the audience was white. But when I tried to break Into television, I was told that white folks wouldn't understand what I was talking about.

The great part of appearing on game shows is that when you answer a question the camera takes a close-up of you every time. You get more close-ups than in a movie, and that's terrific for audience identification. The people have to see you to like you.

He who turns the other cheek will get hit with the other fist.

I don't want to get in a one-character rut.